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Iran to close parts of Hormuz Strait for few hours during military drill, Fars news agency says
DUBAI, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Parts of the Strait of Hormuz will close for a few hours on Tuesday due to ‘security precautions’ for shipping safety, semi-official Fars news agency […]
Cyprus court clears ex-officials in cash-for-passport scheme
Feb 17 (Reuters) – A Cypriot court acquitted former parliamentary speaker Demetris Syllouris on Tuesday of corruption charges linked to a scrapped citizenship-for-investment scheme that triggered public outrage and intense […]
How some Democrats are using scripture to try to reach Christian voters in US midterms
Feb 17 (Reuters) – Sarah Trone Garriott, an Iowa state senator and Lutheran minister, has never shied away from putting faith at the center of her political campaigns. Read full […]
Suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker GRINCH allowed to leave France after paying fine
MARSEILLE, France, Feb 17 (Reuters) – French authorities have let the seized oil tanker GRINCH leave territorial waters after the company owning the vessel had to pay a penalty worth […]
Historic Sannazaro theatre in Italy’s Naples destroyed in blaze
NAPLES, Italy, Feb 17 (Reuters) – A fire gutted the interior of the historic wood-framed Teatro Sannazaro in a wealthy neighbourhood of the Italian city of Naples on Tuesday, officials […]
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84
CHICAGO: The Rev Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered […]
Former Karabakh official Vardanyan gets 20 years in Azerbaijani prison, state media says
BAKU, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian-born billionaire banker who served as a senior official in the breakaway Armenian administration of Nagorno-Karabakh, was sentenced to 20 years in […]
Imran Khan’s sons fear for his health, seek visas to visit him in Pakistan
LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Imran Khan’s sons say they fear for their father’s deteriorating health in a Pakistani jail and are seeking permission to visit the former prime minister, […]
Eleven security personnel, one child killed in militant attack in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Eleven security forces personnel and one child were killed in a militant attack in Pakistan’s northwestern region of Bajaur, the military said on Tuesday. Read […]
Apartment building fire in Spain’s Catalonia kills 5 youths
MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Five people have died and four others suffered minor injuries in a fire at an apartment building in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, regional firefighters said late […]